Semi-active adaptive control of seismically excited 20-story nonlinear building

• Published in: Engineering structures Vol. 56; pp. 2107 - 2118
• Main Authors: Bitaraf, Maryam, Hurlebaus, Stefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adaptive control; Adaptive Control Method; Adaptive control systems; Applied sciences; Buildings; Buildings. Public works; Earthquake dampers; Exact sciences and technology; Geotechnics; High rise building; Monitors; MR damper; Nonlinear behavior; Nonlinearity; Performance enhancement; Seismic phenomena; Semi-active control device; Stresses. Safety; Structural analysis. Stresses; Structure-soil interaction; Tall buildings; Types of buildings; MR damper; Semi-active control device; Nonlinear behavior; Adaptive Control Method; Performance evaluation; Earthquake engineering; Nonlinear analysis; Adaptive control; Magnetorheological fluid; Case study; Problem solving; Behavior; Acceleration; Active control; Damper; High rise building; Comparative study

•The SACM is used to control the response of a tall building with nonlinear behavior.•The SACM is modified in a way to be appropriate for nonlinear civil engineering systems.•The twenty-story building from the SAC project II is used as a case study.•The twenty-story building is equipped with MR damp...